Head coach of Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih Yuriy Vernydub commented on his team's 1-1 draw with Vorskla Poltava in the 7th round of the Ukrainian championship.
"Neither we nor Poltava played for victory today. There were very few scoring chances. But we scored a goal each. We conceded, then equalized. It's good that we managed to do it before the break. In the second half, the game was in the center of the field without chances. It was one of the few games of Kryvbas when we created very few opportunities to score. But this is football, it happens. We will analyze, draw conclusions and prepare for Oleksandriya.
Today we lacked sharpness at the opponent's goal. There were a lot of back passes, crosses. Perhaps, somewhere the guys were afraid to make a mistake, so they acted like that. We will analyze the team's actions and explain to the players that they need to sharpen up more. After all, if you don't sharpen, there will be no chances.
I have already said that this year will be much harder. It is much easier to win a bronze medal than to defend it. Besides, I want not only to defend it, but also to progress further. I also have some mistakes on my part: we are not as good as we would like to be in terms of selection. We need to correct it, and we are working in this direction. Although every year it is getting harder to invite qualified players to Ukraine. But I don't see anything wrong with that. There are young people from the U-19. They work with us, get into the application for UPL games. I really want them to grow as professional footballers," Vernydub said.